It is known that alcohol - one of the most high-calorie products, and in particular it belongs to hard liquors. However not all understand what figures stand behind this quite indistinct statement.
Alcohol - special substance concerning caloric content: the calories which are contained in it are acquired by an organism differently, than from other products.
Alcohol caloric content
Caloric content which is called also energy value of a product represents amount of energy which is received by a human body from any given food product. In case this energy wasn't spent, it is postponed in the form of fat stocks, that is a peculiar reserve which allows to use these calories in the future in case of need.
Approximately thus there is a process of assimilation of calories of usual food a human body. However the calories coming to an organism in the form of alcohol are practically not capable to be modified in fat: they are one of the most readily available power sources, and for implementation of any activity the organism spends them first of all.
It, in turn, means that in case of the use of hard liquors the current energy needs of the person in whole or in part become covered at the expense of the calories received from alcohol. And the calories which arrived from other food don't go to these purposes, and are laid off in the form of fatty tissue. At the same time one gram of pure alcohol contains about 7 kilocalories so he is substantially capable to provide energy needs of an organism.
Vodka caloric content
Caloric content of concrete alcoholic drink depends on contents in it actually alcohol and also additional substances, for example, of sugar, malt and other products. At the same time the most high-calorie, that is having the maximum energy value, hard alcoholic beverages as calorie content in one gram of these substances significantly exceeds many other products are. Even the sugar which is considered as one of high-calorific products contains only about 4 kilocalories per 1 gram of substance. In turn, vodka is one of the most hard alcoholic drinks - 100 its grams contain about 40% of alcohol, that is about 40 grams of pure alcohol. Depending on additives which can be included this drink the caloric content of vodka can be from 230 to 260 kilocalories on 100 grams. At the same time it is remarkable that on the label the caloric content of this alcoholic drink ordinary isn't specified as it doesn't contain nutrients - fats, carbohydrates or proteins.